A harrowing true story about a young girl's struggle to survive Nazi persecution, and a man's attempt to unveil his family's secrets.
Bart van Es was born in the Netherlands and is bilingual in English and Dutch. He now lives with his family in England. He is a Professor of English Literature at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of St Catherine's College.
Luminous, elegant, haunting - I read it straight through *
Philippe Sands, Author of East West Street *
Superb. This is a necessary book - painful,
harrowing, tragic, but also uplifting * The Times Book
of the Week *
Deeply moving. Writes with an almost Sebaldian simplicity
and understatement * Guardian *
Astonishing. Van Es has created a masterpiece of
history and memoir, concluding on a note of reconciliation,
hope and great love * Evening Standard *
An awe-inspiring account of the tragedies and
triumphs within the world of the Holocaust's "hide-away"
children, and of the families who sheltered them * Georgia
Hunter, author of We Were the Lucky Ones *
Deeply moving, this is a remarkable memoir * Sunday
Times *
Brought to life with family photographs and diary entries that add
further impact to Lien's harrowing memories and testimony - this
deeply affecting and fascinating story is guaranteed to haunt
you * Sunday Mirror *
Compassionate and thoughtfully rendered, the
book is both a memorable portrait of a remarkable
woman and a testament to the healing power of
understanding. A complex and uplifting tale *
Kirkus *
Remarkable - the story of one traumatic childhood,
deeply moving, and told with great dexterity,
allowing the wisdoms of today to run parallel with the
absorbing narrative of wartime events * Penelope
Lively *
A nuanced, moving, and unusual "hidden child"
account * Publishers Weekly *
Fascinating, beautifully written. Van Es carefully
salvages Lien's story and creates a deeply moving
and complex book about war, atrocity and human
suffering * The Oldie *
Harrowing and beautiful * Bookseller *
The Cut Out Girl is a reminder of the extraordinary
richness of archives and the treasures released by scholarly
research * TLS *
An extraordinary story, harrowing, deeply affecting. This
fascinating story is guaranteed to haunt you * People *
Powerful . . . extraordinary * Irish Times *
An extraordinary, harrowing story of loss,
survival and love * Guardian *
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